Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1887-03-24

. ties Of red wine from Mrs. whitney
: cellar, white bread, yellow butter, jell
= and steamed ham, stewed lamb, picklei
peaches. fruit puddings. hot oysters
celery, fine coffee and cream; ,ben ther
were snowy pillows and ,N' warn
blankets for his bed, picture Tor th
wall, and a bird In a fine brass Gag
hung up to warble In the window. In
deed, they were very good TO him
Had the culprit been female he woul,
doubtless have Jared more coarsely; a
II was. Mrs. Whitney laid her head I,
one side again and again, and with he
mouth puckered until Il quite threw hei
delicate little mustache awry, sh,
murmured with an expression OF an
gclic goodness Of the poor, pale, ro
fined gentlcman's sufferings aud Vrati
tude, and his manifold beautiful aitri
butes. Rev. Mr.. Cuttleton, too,
prayed beautifully and very fervently
for the dear persons soul, and Juhus
Popps contribution in respect "a
tongue entertainment was no mean
thing, at least in quantity.
Just what tho man thought of them
in the 5lackness Of his situation il
would be difficult to set down. Doubt
less. ricturing as he must the lonely
father lying helpless in his lonely
house at the north end Of the town,
and the dead girl lying under the damp
ground 10 the east, with the memory
OF her warm blood gushing over his
hands still fresh upon him, his own
utter want Of any claim upon their
Kindness, and even the injustice of IL,
must have filled him with something
very like contempt for their maudling
ministerings.
When he came into court guarded
on the one hand by the big good-nat-
ured sheriff aud on the other by the
sheritfs suffering deputy. he looked
wan and old, and kept his eyes avcrtcd.
Tho large room, covered with mating
in the aislcs and plainly painted In
lines and panels, with n large female
figure blindfolded and holding n pair
of scales frcscoed on the wall behind
the judges desk. was full to overflow.
ing with the populaco of Opcnstone.
Judge Ashman, a rather long person
with thin, long head, light ewes, long.
iiabby face and long and prominent In
the gastric region, presided with deal
oil dignity and seeming fairness. He
was very popular with the Openstone
bar, but under his rulings justice al
avs seemed somehow very slow of at
tainment and the law In the minds of
the people had come TO figure vividly
as thing Of marvellous indirectness.
The States Attorney, Judge Bower
and John Earling constituted the pros
ecution, while Joel had provided the I
best legal talent the region afforded 10 |
defend his unfortunate accountant. |
Here, as everywhere under the present |
system, competent unbiased Jury, at !
the same time equal to the matt5r laid |
before them. jealous for the execution |
OF the law, and free Of any interest In |
serving judge, counsel. or either the |
prosecution or defense, was scarcely to |
be had. John Earring. however.
though restraining himself in courtesy |
to his senior associates. insisted that |
any who might feel themselves in any |
sense under the feet OF Joel Whitney |
should be challenged. Studying the |
whole burning field as he had for |
months. he felt that the case could not |
OF necessity free itself OF Joel's weight. |
His hand was upon so many men |
through politics and other interests, |
the still book-kecper had been so re- /
spectacle factor in his affairs, and the !,
banker-merchants deep dislike of the |
uncompromisibg. unpurchasable Old !
father OF the dead girl, led John Earl !
ing to this hclief. Besides. the young |
man craved in his heart Of hearts that |
justice might be meted out to this noise |
less viper without the dead girls repu- !
tation being trampled on; without |
her good name being spit from uncar- |
ing lawyers lips under the feet of the !
uncaring crowd and left forever in the |
filth. Oh. TO continue her character |
unspotted for her. 10 leave itunspottcd
for her fathers sake; 20 keep II from
the legal butchers-block. from The com
mon bar where good names are law
fully and eagerly made tatters Of Yet
the bit OF writing he had picko up in
that red and dreadful path Maun's
lifelcss body made in its progress from
the hills crest down 10 the stream,
held in its blood-sprinklcd sent noes
the well-nigh indubitsble proof Of the
book keeper guilt. the crimes motive,
aud the girls blight through ignorant
innocence. How could he ever submit
II to the crowds gaze? lie did not
care for himself. however much OF
night or day might stick to his
name through revealment, success
or failure. but the name Of
one who had filed his being with
music lay here in murders shadow
balancing toward foul oblivion IIc
felt that she had fallen. iricked
into fowcry pit throggh ignorance,
and that only with the coming OF
love for himself into her maiden heart
had come the knowledge Of her sin.
Through all these months Of search
md sorrow and painful reyerie. the
darkness of the deed had
grown within his mind until il stood
here black mountain shot through
With blood and incOmmunicablc cries. /.
Oh, she had been doubly slainl her
White soul murdered first and then the !
'ca1teous temple that contained il torn
nd battered down. How could he
yer compass its enOrm.ty in worisl
low reveal the awfulness Of the crime as
by tightening 10 the dull. half-heeding
carts who were TO judge! Through '
III the long hard-fought trial hs ! .
PATCHED and guided and directed, much !
s one might, who, pale and intense c
With the fearful burden. held a life y
pom some slippery crag. The case :
eemcd transparent TO him TO the last 4
tom. lie saw nothing, he needed !
olhing save what pertained TO It, y
udgo Bower und the States Attorney, !.
an hour aftr the trial opened felt =
themselves guided and borne along by y
im. They felt that his grasp was =
reater than theirs. that his eyes pierced c
he matter as theirs could not. Ali
hey had not felt az he had felt, their u
carts had not been torn like lis, their a
pulls had not gone with q slain love :
trough all the intricate horrible mcshes P
the deed, feeling its cause worked
utin fire and its effect stretching away :
1 unending blight. u
But he did not take the blool- =